a Yunnan Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650011, China
b Joint Laboratory for Optical Astronomy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200030, China
Abstract:
From the LRS spectra of almost 2000 IRAS sources showing the 1612 MHz OH emission we found 9 candidates for OH/IR stars with SiC features in their envelopes. Further study indicates that 6 of these are definitely or very probably carbon star with the 11.3 μm SiC emission feature in addition of being OH/IR stars showing the 1612 MHz OH maser emission.